पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · July 1, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya75.10°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.92°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala174.09°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha59.92°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati91.86°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra44.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani202.67°TulāViśākhā P1

Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:11 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 14 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 46 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:09 – 03:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:55 – 04:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:36 – 17:30
Yamaganda07:59 – 09:53
Gulika Kāla11:48 – 13:42
Varjyam04:49 – 05:13
Dur Muhūrta 07:44 – 08:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:11 – 06:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:05 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala07:59 – 09:53 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:53 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:48 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:42 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:36 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:25 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:36 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:42 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:48 – 00:53 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:53 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta01:59 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:05 – 04:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868374.27
Julian Day2456839.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0555°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.33°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0555°), declination 23.12°, EoT -3.47 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-07-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)